Main Currents of English Literature: A Brief Literary History of the English PeopleF.S. Crofts, 1934 - 526 pages |
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... NOVEL The purpose of the novel is to depict and interpret the rela- tions between men . It may be written in the form of a novel of manners , which paints in broad masses and groups of indi- viduals a whole period or section of society ...
... NOVEL The purpose of the novel is to depict and interpret the rela- tions between men . It may be written in the form of a novel of manners , which paints in broad masses and groups of indi- viduals a whole period or section of society ...
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... novel - writing of the pres- ent time . And the most significant , if not the greatest , of these stream - of - consciousness novelists is an Irishman , JAMES JOYCE ( 1882- ) . He has even been hailed as the greatest literary genius of ...
... novel - writing of the pres- ent time . And the most significant , if not the greatest , of these stream - of - consciousness novelists is an Irishman , JAMES JOYCE ( 1882- ) . He has even been hailed as the greatest literary genius of ...
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... Novel , 1915 . Gould , G. The English Novel of Today , 1925 . Chevally , Abel . The Modern English Novel , 1921 . Cross , W. L. Four Contemporary Novelists , 1930 . Drew , Elizabeth . The Modern Novel , 1926 . Follett , H. T. and W ...
... Novel , 1915 . Gould , G. The English Novel of Today , 1925 . Chevally , Abel . The Modern English Novel , 1921 . Cross , W. L. Four Contemporary Novelists , 1930 . Drew , Elizabeth . The Modern Novel , 1926 . Follett , H. T. and W ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 3 |
THE MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD | 23 |
OLD AND NEW IN Conflict | 224 |
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